6th T5L1 Earth System Quiz

What are the four main spheres of the Earth system?

• Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Cryosphere, Biosphere

• Atmosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere

• Atmosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, cryosphere

• Atmosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Cryosphere

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A volcano erupting, shooting out lava and causing a million tons of water to evaporate is an example of

• positive feedback for the water cycle

• positive feedback for the rock cycle and the water cycle

• positive feedback for the rock cycle

• negative feedback for the rock cycle and the water cycle

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Which sphere of the Earth system includes all living organisms?

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

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What are the two main sources of energy for the Earth system?

• solar and electric from all of earths systems

• potential energy from the wind and kinetic energy from the waves in the ocean

• heat and light from the sun and heat from Earth’s interior

• energy from the wind and the sun

What is the trend in the Arctic sea ice extent data?

• Decreasing

• Increasing

• Stable

• Fluctuating

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What is the process by which a landmass can rise if it sheds a lot of mass?

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Buoyancy

Snow that falls and on the cold top of a mountain becomes part of

• The cryosphere

• the hydrosphere

• the atmosphere

• the geosphere

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the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

• hydrogen

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

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what sphere are these bears a part of?

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• cryosphere

• biosphere

a volcano erupting is an event that is part of

• the water cycle

• the biosphere

• the rock cycle

• the hydrosphere

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